Research Article

A Promoter Region Polymorphism in PDCD-1 Gene Is Associated with Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis in the Han Chinese Population of Southeastern China

Table 2

The 4 SNPs of PDCD-1 gene investigated in the cases ( ) and controls ( ).

SNPdbSNP ID and positionFrequency (%)HWE
Allele Genotype

1rs36084323AGA/AA/GG/G
promoter (−606A/G) Cases47.252.824.745.130.3
Controls54.145.90.014*31.146.522.50.049*0.12

2rs11568821AGA/AA/GG/G
Intron 4 (+7146A/G) Cases100100
Controls100100

3rs2227982CTC/CC/TT/T
Eoxn 5 (+7625G/A) Cases51.548.524.853.521.8
Controls52.547.50.7429.645.824.60.190.21

4rs2227981CTC/CC/TT/T
Exon 5 (+7786G/C) Cases73.226.854.836.88.4
Controls68.032.00.0647.042.210.90.180.65

HWE indicates Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium; .